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*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Old German Script] 3 Parts. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar series] with links to 10 Lessons. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:Another guide is [https://web.archive.org/web/20180530163134/http://feefhs.org/sites/default/files/guide/german-gothic.pdf Handwriting Guide: German Gothic], feefhs.orgarchived, originally from FamilySearch (1999)
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help#/ FamilySearch Indexing Help] then select "Language Resources and Handwriting Helps"/German.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170708224910/http://www.ggrs.com/events/handouts/handout_script.pdf How to Cope With That Old German Script] by Sabine Schleichert c 2005. Includes examples of various types of scripts and genealogical '''symbols''' used. ggrs.com, archived.
**[https://bohemiangenealogist.blogspot.com The Bohemian Genealogist] includes word lists, including abbreviations for Latin and German words, occupations etc with many handwriting examples.
**Rudy Schmidt’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807004859/http://antiquusmorbus.com/German/German.htm German Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms]. now archived.
